Burning Down the House: Politics, Governance, and Affirmative Action at the University of California

by Brian Pusser

Overview

A riveting analysis of the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791460580
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Series:	SUNY series, Frontiers in Education
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	291
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Brian Pusser is Associate Professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

1. Burning Down the House: The Politics of Higher Education Policy

2. The UC Governance and Decision-Making Structure: History and Context

3. The Context Shaping the Affirmative Action Contest at UC

4. Interest Articulation and the Illusion of Control

5. The New Politics of Governance

6. National Contest and Conflict

7. Contest, Resistance, and Decision

8. Aftermath

9. The End and the Beginning

Appendix 1. SP-1 as Amended and Passed

Appendix 2. SP-2 as Amended and Passed

Notes

Bibliography

Index

List of Titles, SUNY series: Frontiers in Education